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Jay Dean

R party: source
Legislature · Texas House · HD 007

Won Nov 3, 2026 re-election (unofficial).

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Official site Roster source
100%kept rate
1 / 1kept / rated · LOW SAMPLE
0in progress (not in rate)
2promises tracked
District covers 3 counties (TLC district-by-county report PLANH2316)

Gregg active, Harrison active, Marion

Promises (2) Donors Foreign-link leads (3) Positions & flips
Kept: 1Not yet rated: 1

Reduce the tax burden on Texas families and property owners.

Kept
Taxes · stated date not recorded · promise source · #173
“Since we elected him, Jay Dean has cut more than $5 billion in state taxes and another $5 billion in property taxes alone, keeping his promise to reduce our tax burden.”
Stated
2026-11-10 · source
Filed
no dated row
Committee
no dated row
One chamber
no dated row
Signed
2025-06-16 · source
In effect
2025-11-04 · source
Funded & in effect: Proposition 13 approved Nov 4, 2025. Article 1 took effect on the official canvass.
Linked bills: SB 4 (89R)
Why Kept: Campaign issues page presents reducing the tax burden as a kept/ongoing promise. In the 89th regular session he was a House cosponsor of SB 4, which increased the school-district residence-homestead exemption; the governor signed it June 16, 2025, and voters approved the companion exemption increase (Prop 13 / SJR 2) on Nov 4, 2025. (east-tx-research, 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC)
History (append-only)
  • 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC · Not yet rated (superseded 2026-11-10 15:52:26) — Newly tracked; not yet reviewed against evidence.
  • 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC · Kept (current) — Campaign issues page presents reducing the tax burden as a kept/ongoing promise. In the 89th regular session he was a House cosponsor of SB 4, which increased the school-district residence-homestead exemption; the governor signed it June 16, 2025, and voters approved the companion exemption increase (Prop 13 / SJR 2) on Nov 4, 2025.
  • 2026-11-10 · step Stated (superseded) — source — Promise as stated in the cited source.
  • 2025-06-16 · step Passed both/signed (superseded) — source — Signed by the governor June 16, 2025 (TLO). Article 1 waited on voter approval of SJR 2.
  • 2025-11-04 · step Funded & in effect (current) — source — Proposition 13 approved Nov 4, 2025. Article 1 took effect on the official canvass.

Support border security to protect Texas families from crime and illegal crossings.

Not yet rated
Immigration · stated date not recorded · promise source · #174
“Protecting our families from the southern influx of crime, drug traffic, and dangerous criminals is one of Jay’s top priorities.”
Stated
2026-11-10 · source
Filed
Committee
One chamber
Signed
In effect
Stated: Promise as stated in the cited source.
Why Not yet rated: Newly tracked; not yet reviewed against evidence. (tracker, 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC)